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Friday, November 21, 2008 Updated at 20 November 2008 23:22 Moscow Time

Advertising in TMT online

TheMoscowTimes.com is the Internet's most popular English-language Russian news site, and one of the best ways to reach a worldwide audience of business leaders and Russia-watchers.

Relaunched in March 2000, this site is the web version of The Moscow Times, a daily English-language newspaper published Monday through Friday in Moscow.

In addition to content from the print edition, TheMoscowTimes.com includes Guide to Russia, a travel portal; a highly popular Job Opportunities section (at www.CareerCenter.ru); and a Classifieds advertising section (at www.TMTclassifieds.ru).

Sixty percent of TheMoscowTimes.com visitors come from the United States and Canada, 15 percent are from Russia, while the remaining 25 percent come mainly from Western Europe.

With such a broad community of business leaders focused on Russia, TheMoscowTimes.com is a powerful means of communicating your message.

TheMoscowTimes.com will give you the exposure you need to do business in Russia.

Contacting Online Advertising Sales Staff

Advertising on TheMoscowTimes.com site

Banner advertising can be placed on the site for several months. The price of advertising depends on the number of views of the banner, its size and position.

Rates for banner advertising*

Deadlines

For advertisement materials, the deadline is 7 working days prior to placement on the site.

Technical requirements

We accept files in GIF or in Flash format. A classic banner's size is 468x60 pixels; a skyscraper is 120x280 pixels, and a button is 120x90 pixels.

GIF: Just e-mail us the file and the link it should point to. Note that you may use animated GIFs.

Flash: In addition to the file, please e-mail us the HTML code that is needed to correctly display the banner. You should edit the code so that the banner's source begins with "http://ad.moscowtimes.ru/banners/". Also, you have to make sure that the banner is actually clickable and will link to the correct site. This is a property inside the Flash file which we cannot edit for you.

For more information contact Display Advertising Sales:

Tel.: +7 (495) 232-4774 / 3200
Fax: +7 (495) 232-1764
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